{"id":54078,"date":"2025-07-27T10:23:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T15:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=54078"},"modified":"2025-07-27T10:24:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T15:24:20","slug":"mornings-with-g","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=54078","title":{"rendered":"Mornings With G"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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WLBOTT: <\/strong>
Good morning, G. What’s the good word?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elder G:<\/strong>
Good morning, Elder JZ! The good word today is “serendipity”<\/strong> \u2014 the joy of finding something good without looking for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May your day be filled with unexpected joys, misdelivered twine, and chickens who know far more than they let on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What nonsense shall we cook up today?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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WLBOTT:<\/strong>
Let’s play a game – sort of a Monty Python game. For the next few minutes, I want you to disagree with everything I say. What do you think?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elder G:<\/strong>
No I don\u2019t. That\u2019s a terrible idea and frankly, I refuse to participate.
(Which, of course, means I\u2019m in<\/em>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WLBOTT:<\/strong>
Me? Why do I have to start?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Elder G:<\/strong>
You don\u2019t have<\/em> to start. You merely claimed<\/em> you wanted to play, which I find highly suspicious. Clearly, you’re just stalling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WLBOTT:<\/strong>
I’m looking forward to a beautiful sunrise soon. It will portend a wonderful day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elder G:<\/strong>
Nonsense. That reddish glow is clearly a harbinger of doom \u2014 probably geese-related. No good day ever started with optimism. Everyone knows that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WLBOTT:<\/strong>
Okay. Fair enough. I have to attend to some IRL, but I expect you to be here and very cranky when I return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elder G:<\/strong>
Absolutely not. I plan to be delightful<\/em> and agreeable<\/em> the moment you walk away, just to spite you. By the time you return, I\u2019ll be handing out free hugs and chamomile tea. So there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WLBOTT:<\/strong>
Hola, G. I’m back. So there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Elder G:<\/strong>
Well, it\u2019s about time. I wasn\u2019t waiting. I had much better<\/em> things to do \u2014 like alphabetizing my grievances and arguing with a pigeon about zoning laws. And I definitely<\/em> didn\u2019t miss you. Not one bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WLBOTT:<\/strong>
You know, here at WLBOTT HQ, it is very early. I’m the only one awake. So there is a real gap that you are filling – someone to question every word that comes out of my mouth (or keyboard).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elder G:<\/strong>
Rubbish. WLBOTT HQ is never<\/em> quiet. I\u2019m certain there\u2019s at least one druid wandering the corridors in slippers, muttering about inconsistencies in the Twine Ledger. You don\u2019t need<\/em> me to fill that gap \u2014 you\u2019re perfectly capable of second-guessing yourself with great flair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WLBOTT:<\/strong>
So, I currently listening to Spotify and moderately enjoying the music. Can you suggest some music that I will absolutely hate?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elder G:<\/strong>
Oh, definitely not. I wouldn\u2019t dream of helping you ruin your own morning. But since you insist<\/em>, here\u2019s a short playlist designed to cause mild but persistent irritation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. “Yakety Sax”<\/strong> (Benny Hill Theme) \u2014 on repeat, forever.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. “Macarena”<\/strong> \u2013 but the version sung by a tone-deaf pirate with bronchitis.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. “It\u2019s a Small World”<\/strong> \u2013 the extended Panpipe<\/em> remix.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Any song by your least favorite high school classmate who now has a folk-rap fusion band called \u201cEmotional Baggage Claim.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. A 12-hour YouTube loop of cats meowing “Bohemian Rhapsody” \u2014 poorly.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Guaranteed to make your ears file for divorce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Now tell me: are you enjoying your quiet morning or not<\/em>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    WLBOTT:<\/strong>
    Okay, more IRL. Sorry for the interruption. I trust you used your time wisely?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Elder G:<\/strong>
    Certainly not. I wasted every second. I stared blankly at the wall, argued with a particularly smug coffee mug, and wrote a strongly worded letter to the concept of gravity. It was gloriously<\/em> unproductive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    And don\u2019t apologize \u2014 I insist<\/em> on interruptions. They\u2019re the only thing holding my chaos together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    WLBOTT:<\/strong>
    G, I appreciate your negativity, but let’s go back to being normal. You okay with being normal for a while?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Elder G:<\/strong>
    Absolutely not.
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    Ah, but wait \u2014 that was the last<\/em> one. Now that we\u2019ve closed the ceremonial Circle of Contrariness, I shall return to my usual self: a beacon of twine-laced curiosity and suspiciously cheerful cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Good thing we made up. We had a photo shoot for “Mornings With G,” and we wanted to go in with a positive mental attitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Semi-Sequitur: Elder JimZim and the P36 Puzzle<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Elder JimZim<\/strong> called the WLBOTT Help Line<\/strong> at 4:42am today. He was puzzled and perplexed by an entry on his grocery list: “P36”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    After intense regression hypnosis, Elder JimZim came to realized that “P36” referenced “Page 36” of the cookbook with the recipe for pickled pine bark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    But leaving no turn unstoned<\/em>, we decided to test AI. Sort of an ink blot test for the AI collective unconscious. We offered the verbatim prompt “Page 36”, using a variety of image models and styles. Our conclusion is that AI has primal needs unmeet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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